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This VIS image shows a portion of Hrad Valles. Hrad Valles is one of the many valley systems located west of the Elysium volcanic complex. The channel system may have been formed by the flow of both lava and water.

Orbit Number: 62506 Latitude: 37.5228 Longitude: 139.901 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-01-16 12:40

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.